| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAGEOS-2 | Laser Geodynamics Satellite-2 |
| M-UCSD | University Of California At San Diego |
| MAP | Mesoscale Alpine Project |
| EOP | Equal Employment Opportunity |
| GDP | Ground Data Processor |
| AWES | American Wind Energy Systems |
| RAID | Redundant Arrays Of Inexpensive Disks |
| N-SCAT | NASA Scatterometer |
| FB | Funds Budgeted |
| AFCCN | Air Force Chief Scientist |